Our drive to Townsville

The view from our room in Townsville

We left Cairns in the sun but it quickly turned to rain for a short while. The journey was actually very pleasant with hills pretending to be mountains running alongside the main highway called the Bruce Highway (quite original we thought)

We stopped in Innisfail to buy some provisions and also a sandwich for lunch. We found this Deli run by some Greeks who produced a sandwich of major proportions. An egg salad sandwich in the UK is quite different to the one we got here. It contained just about every salad ingredient know to man.

The drive was about 260 miles before we arrived in Townsville. First impressions of Townsville when we arrived by train, see earlier Blog, were just the same as this time as we drove though what seemed like miles of Industrial areas, some of it quite run down, before we reached our Hotel on the beachfront.

The Apartment/Hotel is an older ex Hotel, we think, which has been refurbished and the rooms are not large but adequate however with a great view overlooking the beach and sea (see photo)

After settling in we went for a walk around town for about an hour and half before heading back to have a beer at the bar next door and then back for our evening meal.

Tomorrow we plan to walk the city.